Cold conditions

Many areas in the northern states reeled under intense cold conditions and high-altitude areas of Himachal Pradesh experienced fresh snowfall on Sunday, even as the arterial Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was thrown open for one-way traffic after five days.

Cold conditions prevailed in north India on Saturday with mercury in mountainous regions hovering several notches below normal even as fog caused cancellation of 45 trains and delay of at least 14 others.

The tribal areas and other higher hills of Himachal reeled under bone chilling cold conditions as mercury stayed several notches below the freezing point while day temperatures rose by few degrees across the state.